Banner display



Sept. 7, 1954 R. J, LEANDER 2,688,303

BANNER DISPLAY Filed 001;. 20, 1950 FIG. I

INVENTOR: RUSSELL J. LEANDER BY ATT'Y Patented Sept. 7, 1954 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE 2,688,303

BANNER DISPLAY Russell J. Leander, Chicago, 111., assignor to ChicagoShow Printing Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois 2Claims.

This invention relates in general to a display made of sheet material inthe form of a flag, pennant, or a banner, and is more particularlydescribed as composed of flexible sheet material such as paper,cardboard, plastic, fiber, or other suitable material.

In making a banner of fabric, cardboard, or other similar material, itis diflicult to mount it upon a suspending wire or cord in a fullyflexible manner which allows it to turn upon the cord without whippingthe banner or causing it to rapidly deteriorate under the action of windand weather.

'An important object of the present invention is to provide a bannermade of flexible sheet material such as cardboard which will swingfreely upon a suspending wire or cable without binding thereon andallowing a free movement of the banner, but still preventing adjacentbanners from moving close together or accumulating upon a high or lowportion of the suspension cable.

A further object of the invention is to provide a banner display inwhich the separate units thereof are suitably spaced apart but are nothampered in their individual turning movement.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a display bannerwhich may be made of flexible sheet material such as cardboard andwaterproofed to prevent its deteriorization by the elements.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a display bannermade of flexible sheet material having tubular mounting means adapted tohold it in a distended position, to prevent the banner display fromfolding or creasing, and to secure the tubular mounting means in placeby the folding of the banner.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the specification and willbe apparent from the accompanying drawings in which,

Fig. 1 represents a banner display comprising spaced units in accordancewith this invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view partly broken away illustrating a bannerand spacer as constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of the creasing of a banner for folding;and

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the banner portion shown in Fig. 4.

If a banner display made of sheet material is mounted upon a flexiblewire or cable, the necessary whipping movement of the cable will causethe mounted end of the banner to become broken or torn which will soonrevent the banner from turning about the cable in a manner in which itis intended. It is also difficult to properly space display bannersalong a supporting cable and to maintain them in proper spaced relationwithout complicated fastening means which is not only unsightly, butalso diflicult to apply and tends to increase the cost of the display aswell as the mounting and supporting thereof.

The present inventionovercomes these objections by roviding a banner ll)of flexible sheet material which may be cardboard, fiber, plastic, orother suitable material and cut in the shape of a flag, pennant, or anyother desired display form.

A piece of sheet material ofthe desired construction is preferablyformed with a plurality of equally spaced parallel creases [2, allextending from the same side of the material so that when the materialis folded upon itself at the creases in the direction thereof, they willdefine a substantially rectangular loop structure with the creases atthe corners as shown more clearly in Fig. 3.

If one portion of the material such as a flap M is folded at the creasesat one end of the banner, and this end is secured to the main portion ofthe banner by fastening devices such as staples I6 located adjacent theouter creased portions, the inwardly extending creased portions willgrip the circular :tubular holder I8 of the proper diameter so that itwill be held firmly in place within the folded end of the banner. Byattaching the fastening means It closer toor further away from the foldlines, the gripping of the tubular holder I8 may be varied to aconsiderable extent depending upon the spacing of the scores, thematerial of the banner itself and the size of the tubular holder.

The tubular holder I8 is preferably composed of flexible plasticmaterial which will bend to a limited extent but is of sufficientrigidity so that it will not flatten or be otherwise deformed underordinary conditions. Thus the flexible tubular holder i8 is held firmlyin place within the folded end of the banner but may be forcibly removedby pushing it at one end therefrom.

The tubular mounting member [8 adapts the banner to be mounted upon acable 20 which is smaller in diameter than the inner diameter of thetubular member so that the banner will swing freely upon the cable atall times even though the cable is slightly curved upon a radius, theare of which may be observed in as short a length as the holder of thebanner.

In order to suspend a number of banners in spaced apart condition uponthe same cable, a number of spacers 22 of plastic or other materialsimilar to that of the holder l8 may be interposed between adjacentbanners which will held them clearly in spaced apart relation and eachindividually rotatable since the spacers act as washers between thebanners and each banner is then free to rotate due to any wind or othercondition which tends to move it relatively to the other.

With this construction, a new and improved banner construction isproduced and if the banner is made of cardboard or any other materialwhich is subject to the action of the elements, it may be painted orcoated with a covering which is impervious to the action of the elementsso that the banner will have a long life of usefulness. The mountingitself also contributes to the protection of the banner since it doesnot deteriorate at the mounting or due to its connection with thesupporting cable. The whipping of any individual banner will notparticularly affect the adjacent banners since it is supported from themby a spacer which prevents the movement of one banner from beingcommunicated to another or adjacent ones.

Although a particular banner display has been thus described in somedetail, it should be regarded as an illustration or example rather thanas a limitation or restriction of the invention, since various changesin the construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts may bemade Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A display banner of flexible resilient material having a plurality ofparallel creases adapting it to be folded upon itself to form a closedloop, a resilient tubular holder to fit in the loop enclosed by thecreased portions and engaged by inwardly extending folds of the creasesto confine the holder in place, and means for securing the foldedportions and the remainder of the banner together adjacent the creasedportions thereof.

2. In a banner display, a supporting cable and a plurality of flexibletubular members upon the cable in adjacent end to end position, theinternal diameter of the members being larger than the outside diameterof the cable allowing them to rotate freely and independently upon thecable, and display banners each comprising a sheet of flexible resilientmaterial having a loop at one end comprising parallel adjacent creasesadapting it to grip one of the tubular members by engagement of theinwardly extending portions of the creases when the creased portion islooped around the member, and means to attach the loop portion of theresilient material in engagement with the remaining body of the materialto yieldingly grip the tubular member therein, the other tubular membersoperating as spacers between the banners.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 289,976 Center Dec. 11, 1883 322,248 Brewster July 14, 18852,057,078 Abramson Oct. 13, 1936 2,079,112 Eichelsdoerfer May 4, 1937

